That article is from 24th September. So much has happened since then - it could have been a different eon.<p>And Edogan's turkey is far from fallen. He is also rogue autocrat protected by Article 5 of NATO. And from what I observe he has cleaned the state from people that were believing in Ataturk's Turkey. So the secular people will have an uphill battle against him.<p>And we have the Kurds (that might suddenly begin to receive a lot of russian weapons and training soon)<p>So much wrong could happen with Europe and middle east now - I envy the people in the Americas - it is good to know you are on a different continent.